EPYC 7H12 vs Apple M1 Pro

General info

Comparing Apple M1 Pro and EPYC 7H12 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	594	39
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	no data	22.29
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Apple M-Series	AMD EPYC
Architecture codename	no data	Zen 2 (2019−2020)
Release date	18 October 2021 (2 years ago)	18 September 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$11.95	$1970

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Technical specs

Apple M1 Pro and EPYC 7H12 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	10 (Deca-Core)	64 (Tetrahexaconta-Core)
Threads	10	128
Base clock speed	2.064 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.22 GHz	3.3 GHz
L1 cache	2.9 MB	96K (per core)
L2 cache	28 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	24 MB	256 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	5 nm	7 nm, 14 nm
Die size	no data	192 mm2
Number of transistors	33700 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 Pro and EPYC 7H12 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	2 (Multiprocessor)
Socket	no data	TR4
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	280 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro and EPYC 7H12. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M1 Pro and EPYC 7H12 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro and EPYC 7H12. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR4 Eight-channel
Maximum memory size	no data	4 TiB
Max memory channels	no data	8
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	204.763 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

EPYC 7H12 outperforms Apple M1 Pro by 281% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	11.83	45.03
Recency	18 October 2021	18 September 2019
Physical cores	10	64
Threads	10	128
Chip lithography	5 nm	7 nm

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